Women in Aviation HMH

Why is Bessie Coleman an important figure?

• She was the first African-American to earn a pilot's license.
• Her flight instructor said she was a "natural talent."
• She was determined to start a flying school for African Americans.
• She gave flying exhibitions and lectured on aviaiton.

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Why did Bessie Coleman go to France to learn to fly?

• The cost of flight school was less.
• She knew how to speak French.
• Racial prejudice was less restrictive.
• The best instructors were in France.

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What factor contributed to the deaths of both Harriet Quimby and Bessie Coleman?

• giving flying exhibitions.
• attempting to break a record.
• lack of safety precautions.
• lack of strength and presence of mind.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does it mean to inundate?

• to make uncomfortable
• to overwhelm
• to underestimate
• to create confusion

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

restrictive policy is very

• detailed.
• liberal.
• old-fashioned.
• limiting.

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CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2E

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

CCSS.W.8.2E

An exhibition is a type of

• performance.
• instruction.
• examination.
• experiment.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

A precaution is something done to

• save money.
• prepare for the future.
• avoid danger.
• improve performance.

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which statement BEST supports Bessie Coleman's efforts to become a pilot

• Bessie Coleman was born in 1893 in Atlanta, Texas, the twelfth of thirteen children.

• The encouragement paid off, because Coleman graduated from

  high school, a feat not too many black women were able to

  accomplish in the early 1900s.

• Bessie Coleman refused to accept the limitations others tried to place on her.

• Coleman learned about flying from reading newspaper accounts of air battles during World War I.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which statement BEST explains why Bessie Coleman did not pursue her pilot's license in the United States

• She fully intended to return to school after saving enough money.

• . . . no American instructor or flying school was willing to teach her.

• While in Chicago she learned about flying and made a new set of goals for herself.

• Bessie knew from her reading that both French and German aircraft were among the best in the world

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which statement BEST expresses the central idea of the passage?

• Women and African-Americans faced sexist and racist assumptions that made it difficult for them to enter the field of aviation but they continued to pursue their dreams.

• American women faced the same struggles as French women, as they attempted to enter the field of aviation.

• American welcomed all individuals attempting to enter the field of aviation.

• There were no stereotypes or prejudices that kept women and African-Americans from entering the field of aviation.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C